Chapter 447

Nelson Cooper, on the other hand, looked like he'd just let off some steam. Hanging around Dominic Reynolds long enough had clearly rubbed off on his sharp tongue. Before, he’d held back—it was about keeping up appearances, and honestly, no one ever really pushed him far enough to warrant this tone. But now? This was the perfect outlet. And honestly, he didn’t think that old fox from the Bentley family was actually going to hurt Claire Thompson. Like he said himself, living all high and mighty in Aeterna, he probably couldn’t be bothered with small-town families like the Fields from Raventon. But let’s be real—looking at the whole of Jadewick, who other than him could’ve managed to sneak a comatose patient out of a guarded hospital without setting off any alarms? That hospital run by the Chens had security from both his side and the Fields’. And yet, in just a couple of afternoon hours, someone slipped through. Just like that, Claire was gone. So yeah, thinking logically—aside from tha